ARCHBISHOP CHOLOYAN OFFERS OPENING PRAYER FOR U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 22, 2010 – 11:23 AMT 06:23 GMT
The U.S. House of Representatives opened on April 21 with a prayer
by His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, Prelate of the Armenian
Apostolic Church of the Eastern United States, in which he invoked
the memory of the Armenian Genocide and prayed that such barbarity
never again be inflicted upon any of God’s creatures, reported the
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
Archbishop Choloyan service as the guest chaplain of the House of
Representatives came at the request of New York Congresswoman Carolyn
Maloney (D-NY), a long-time friend and supporter of the Armenian
American community. Following the opening prayer, Representative
Maloney offered brief remarks of her own, praising the spiritual
leadership of Archbishop Choloyan and joining with him in marking
the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.